CVE-2026-44289
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Publication date: 2026-05-13

Last updated on: 2026-05-13

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

Description
protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 7.5.6 and 8.0.2, protobufjs could recurse without a depth limit while decoding nested protobuf data. This affected both skipping unknown group fields and generated decoding of nested message fields. A crafted protobuf binary payload could cause the JavaScript call stack to be exhausted during decoding. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.6 and 8.0.2.
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Published
2026-05-13
Last Modified
2026-05-13
Generated
2026-06-10
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-08
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Showing 2 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
protobufjs_project protobufjs to 7.5.6 (exc)
protobufjs_project protobufjs From 8.0.0 (inc) to 8.0.2 (exc)
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CWE-674 The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
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